[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 65 (Thursday, April 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16815-16816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6389]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Proclaiming Certain Lands, Gomez Ranch, as an Addition to the 
Reservation for the Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Reservation Proclamation.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Assistant Secretary--
Indian Affairs proclaimed approximately 5,696.64 acres, more or less, 
as an addition to the Jicarilla Apache Nation Reservation, New Mexico.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Burshia, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Division of Real Estate Services, Mail Stop 4639-MIB, 1849 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202) 208-7737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in the exercise of 
authority delegated by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant 
Secretary--Indian Affairs by part 209 of the Departmental Manual.
    A proclamation was issued, according with Section 7 of the Act of 
June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986; 25 U.S.C. 467), for the land described 
below. The land was proclaimed to be an addition to the Jicarilla 
Apache Nation Reservation for the exclusive use of Indians on that 
reservation who are entitled to reside at the reservation by enrollment 
or tribal membership.

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

    The land descriptions and acreages listed below for Township 31 
North, Range 1 East, and Township 31 North, Range 1 West, New Mexico 
Principal Meridian, are based on the official surveys conducted in 
2005 by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, Cadastral Survey, and shown on the official plats of 
survey and described in the official field note records, all 
approved December 18, 2006, and filed in the records of the Bureau 
of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, in Santa Fe, New 
Mexico.

Township 31 North, Range 1 East, N.M.P.M.
    Section 18: NE/4SW/4, W/2SE/4, SE/4SE/4 (Containing 167.09 
acres, more or less);
    Section 19: Lots 3 and 4, E/2SW/4, SE/4, S/2NE/4, NW/4NE/4, NE/
4NW/4 (Containing 496.37 acres, more or less);
    Section 27: SW/4 (Containing 159.94 acres, more or less);
    Section 28: NW/4SW/4, S/2SW/4 (Containing 124.53 acres, more or 
less);
    Section 29: N/2, NE/4SE/4 (Containing 357.41 acres, more or 
less);
    Section 30: Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, E/2W/2, NE/4 (Containing 483.91 
acres, more or less);
    Section 31: Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, E/2W/2, E/2 (Containing 648.03 
acres, more or less);
    Section 32: All (Containing 648.22 acres, more or less);
    Section 33: All (Containing 641.68 acres, more or less);
    Section 34: Lots 5, 6, 7 and 8, SW/4 (Containing 322.46 acres, 
more or less)

    The total area of this tract located in Township 31 North, Range 
1 East, N.M.P.M.,

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Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, is 4,049.64 acres, more or less.

Township 31 North, Range 1 West, N.M.P.M.
    Section 7: Lot 4, E/2SE/4 (Containing 114.23 acres, more or 
less);
    Section 8: SW/4, N/2SE/4, SW/4SE/4, S/2N/2 (Containing 454.49 
acres, more or less);
    Section 17: S/2, N/2N/2, S/2NW/4, SW/4NE/4 (Containing 601.61 
acres, more or less);
    Section 18: Lots 1, 3 and 4, SE/4SW/4, SE/4, SE/4NE/4, NE/4NW/4, 
N/2NE/4 (Containing 476.67 acres, more or less)

    The total area of this tract located in Township 31 North, Range 
1 West, N.M.P.M., Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, is 1,647.00 acres, 
more or less.

    The grand total of the above-described lands, containing 5,696.64 
acres, more or less, is subject to all valid rights, reservations, 
rights-of-way, and easements of record.
    This proclamation does not affect title to the land described 
above, nor does it affect any valid existing easement for public roads 
and highways, public utilities and for railroads and pipelines and any 
other rights-of-way or reservations of record.

    Dated: March 24, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-6389 Filed 4-4-07; 8:45 am]
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